For Tournament Director
14 articles across the Knowledge Base tagged for Tournament Director.
Members
Checking the Under Discipline and Resigned-with-Pending-Charges Lists
Points to the two ACBL dashboards showing who is currently under discipline and who resigned while charges were pending.
How to File a Player Memo
Explains what a player memo is and how to submit one to the ACBL National Recorder to report an incident.
Club Managers & Directors
ACBLscore: The Club Scoring Program
ACBLscore is ACBL's downloadable scoring program for scoring club (and tournament) games and producing the result files that feed masterpoint reporting.
Becoming a Certified Club Director
The Club Director certification course qualifies you to direct club and bridge-cruise games; it is a two-day online program with a test.
Local Sectional Director Certification
The next step up from Club Director: a self-study course, with optional tutor sessions and an online exam, that qualifies you to direct Local Sectional tournaments.
Matchpoint Scoring: Travelers, Recaps, and Ranking
How to hand-score a duplicate game with traveling score slips and recap sheets: awarding matchpoints, using check-totals, and ranking the field.
One-Winner Movements: Howell and Three-Quarter
When and how to use Howell and Three-Quarter movements so the whole field competes as one group with a single overall winner.
Running a Mitchell Movement
Step-by-step directions for the Mitchell movement — the simplest duplicate movement — including odd/even table counts, bye-stands, and half tables.
Stratifying Your Club Games
How stratified pairs games work — intermixed strata that play as one open field but are ranked separately by masterpoint level, so lower-strat pairs can still win higher-strat awards.
Suggested Movements When Using Hand Records
A quick-reference table of boards-per-round, rounds, and starting instructions by table count when the club plays pre-dealt hand records, plus half-table guidance.
The Mechanics and Equipment of Duplicate Play
What makes duplicate different from rubber bridge, and the minimal equipment a new club needs to run a game.
Regulations
ACBL Code of Disciplinary Regulations (CDR)
The CDR is ACBL's comprehensive formal regulation governing disciplinary charges, hearings, sanctions, and appeals. The current version is dated July 23, 2025.
ACBL Codification
The consolidated, continuously-updated record of ACBL regulations and policies. The authoritative text is the official PDF.
Disciplinary Status Standards
A formal disciplinary policy (part of the August 2025 policy set) defining the standard disciplinary statuses a member can hold and what each status means.